Found Not Lost

Today is the first day of school for my girls. Two of them are headed off to high school and the third is starting middle school this year. The one who is starting middle school is a bit apprehensive what with the new school, meeting new friends and all that. She is excited about one thing though, she’s going to get her own locker from now on!

I was going to give her this free 1590D Set-Your-Own Combination Lock that I received to review, but the school issues them their own lock that the school has a master key for. So, my oldest daughter got this new lock instead and she has been playing around with it at home. This morning, of course, it was packed into her book bag, all ready for school. Here is what she wrote about the Master Lock Set your Own Combination Lock. Read more…

Tomorrow is the first day back to school in our district. Students are anxious either because they are excited to go back to school or are dreading that they are going back to school. It’s a hectic time, getting the kids ready for school. It’s also a time when many of us, working professionals, start reflecting on our current situations and what we need to do to improve it.

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These are the books I am reading right now, enjoying the extra free time before the girls go back to school next week. I am reading these as part of the Back-to-School Fiction Blog Tour from Random House Books where you can also purchase all these books. Now if you love romance books and chic lit in general, they you will probably enjoy reading these books. Check them out…

Back-to-School Fiction Blog Tour August 24 - 28

The following books are part of this blog tour: The Confidential Life of Eugenia Cooper by Kathleen Y’Barbo, The Sweetgum Ladies Knit for Love by Beth Pattillo and Rose House by Tina Ann Forkner

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THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

The winners are:

Ann, Natalie A., Wanda, Kristine Michell & pixie13

Emails have been sent out to notify the winners. Please reply within 48-hours or another winner will be chosen.

Thanks to everyone who participated!
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DARK HUNGER by Rita Herron
Edition: FOREVER SPECIAL RELEASE
Publish Date: 8/1/2009
Price: $6.99/$8.50
ISBN: 9780446199483
Pages: 320

Summary
Reporter Annabelle Armstrong will go to any lengths to deliver a story, even track down Quinton Valtrez, a man she believes is a coldhearted assassin. Quinton has fought his demonic powers since he was a child. Now using his gifts for the good of national security, he can’t let himself be distracted by the beautiful, determined Annabelle. A wicked enemy is out for vengeance, a demon who wants to draw Quinton into a life of pure evil and is willing to use Annabelle as bait. To save her, Quinton must achieve the near impossible: tame the sinister force that is both his inheritance and his curse before it claims him forever.

For additional information about this book, read an excerpt, read Five Fun Facts from the author and watch the video below.

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I found this video while blog hopping. Usually, I stick to food blogs, book blogs, giveaway sites and free online auctions, but there’s always an odd site that pops up in there once in a while. Well, this was one of them and I almost turned away immediately but the music held me just long enough to get me wondering what this was all about.

I really liked the song but the images disturbed me. At first it was looking like it was going to be all about sex, then I looked at the name of the band and it said The Killers so I was waiting for something graphic to happen. Instead, it was the exact opposite. It was graphic alright, but not in the way I was expecting. It shows a girl. She’s going to meet a date and it gets pretty hot and sexy. I wasn’t really getting the connection to the haunting melody. But that isn’t the whole story. The story behind what you see is more horrific than a horror movie. You’ll have to watch the video below and see what I mean.

I thought it was just a music video but I found, after going to the YouTube page that the video was created specifically to raise awareness about sex trafficking. Since we don’t have cable at home, I would never have known that this video was being shown on MTV since July. The video is an exclusive collaboration between UNICEF, MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) and the US Agency for International Development.
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THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

and the winner is…

Comment number 5 is from Linda from One Desert Rose’s Blog. Congratulations!

Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway and left comments. Stay tuned for more giveaways!

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Book: North Or Be Eaten
Author: Andrew Peterson

Summary:
Readers thrilled to the phantasmagorical adventures in On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, Book One of the Wingfeather Saga. Now in Book Two, Janner, Tink, and Leeli Igiby, mom Nia, ex-pirate grandfather Podo, Peet the Sock Man, and trusty dog Nugget flee north to rebel headquarters.

Their escape brings readers to the very brink of Fingap Falls, over the Stony Mountains, and across the Ice Prairies, while villains galore try to stop the Igibys permanently. Fearsome toothy cows and horned hounds return, along with new dangers: a mad man running a fork factory, a den of rockroaches, and majestic talking sea dragons.

Andrew Peterson’s lovable characters create what FantasyBookCritic.com says made Book One “one of the best fantasy novels in a very long time,” and Book Two contains even more thrills, exploring “themes universal in nature, ranging from the classic good versus evil, to the importance of family, and burdens of responsibility.”
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